VTM:R

Here we used to learn German as the primary foreign language, but that gradually changed to English during the 90s. German is now the secondary foreign language taught at better middle schools and as a voluntary subject in primary schools. People at the border tend to also be familiar with the language of the neighboring country (Italian, Hungarian, Croatian).

How well people speak foreign language is largely dependent on their age and level of education. Young people tend to know at least some English, old ones not so much.